Love
From Meleager
From Ban and Arriere Ban (1894)
Love
I LOVE not the wine-cup, but if thou art fain
I should drink, do thou taste it, and bring it to me;
If it touch but thy lips it were hard to refrain,
It were hard from the sweet maid who bears it to flee;
For the cup ferries over the kisses, and plain
Does it speak of the grace that was given it by thee.
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Codex Note
After Meleager.
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MLA
Lang, Andrew. “From Meleager.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lang/269/.
Chicago
Lang, Andrew. “From Meleager.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lang/269/.
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